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Letters Patent No. 68,447.; clafed September 3, 1867.'

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TO ALL WHOM I'I MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, ELI H. LORD, of the town of Horner, of the county of Cortland, and State of New York, and EGBERT HINMAN, of the city of Syracuse, and- State of New York, have invented a new and useful improvement in Mop-Poil and Wringer; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact deseriptonthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. A

The nature of'our invention consists in providing a suitable pail with a pair of rollers, which can be separated, by means of the bail of the pail, in such a manner that-the mop can be saturated with the contents of the pail, and then can be wrung dry, or nearly so, as the person using may wish to have it.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 in the drawing is a top view.

Figure 2 is a side view.

B Bare two rollers, standing overithe top ofi the pail. A represents the pail. d is the bail ofA the pail. y is n. stand, fastened to the side of the pail, held by the bolt I, supporting and holding the springs c e. e is a stud, fastened in the side of theapail, on which the buil ii revolves. e e are two springs, which form journals for the rollers B B. At the upper end, on the lower end of the springs a c, is a foot or projection, z. On the,

springs c c there is a. projection, as seen by the dotted lines m m, by' which they are held .and allowed to move in the stand g. In the bottom of the stand'g is a. screw, h. which holds the ends of the springs c e. By raising or lowering the screws Hwe can govern the pressure of the rollers B B. In the bail d are two pins ff, extending into the inside width of the springs c c.

By depressing the bail eZ the pins ff press against the springs e-c, thereby separating the rollers B B, and showing them as represented by the dotted lines B B, und the bail as at d. For carrying the pail, the bail d will rise up, as shown by the dotted lines K.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. We claim the combination of the mop-pail with the springs c c, the adjustable rollers B B, the bail el,l the screw h, the whole constructed and operated in the manner described.

2. We claim the bail d, both for the purpose of a bail, and also for u. lever, for the purpose of separating the rollers, in the manner described.

ELI H. LORD,

EGBERT HINMAN.

Witnesses:

HARRY GIFFOBD, THOMAS BYRNE. 

